Last Sunday morning, we headed to the park for our holiday photo session by Pretty Artful Weddings (shameless bit of info, that’s me on the front page from our wedding day). It was a nice morning, so we decided to let J play at the park for a bit before we headed back home. He was so excited and ran straight up to the slide. Down he went and he started crying before he even made his way out. Thinking it was odd and he’d just brush it off, my husband went over to him and gave him a hug and we decided to go home. J would not put any pressure on it and kept crying and insisting he couldn’t walk. We scooped him up and headed home. 2 hours go by and he still wont walk on it.
This is extremely odd to us. J is extremely active and hates to sit still. D was on the ground playing with some of J’s toys and he didn’t even try to take it away! This is when we knew something was really wrong! We took J to urgent care where they xrayed his foot and ankle. The next day when we got the results, they didn’t find anything broken. I really wasn’t convinced that there wasn’t something wrong with him! You know your child better than anyone else and J’s behavior was extremely not to character.
I decided to take him to his pediatrician. She checked him out and thought he might have just sprained his ankle and that he would be walking on it in a day or two. ” Kids sometimes remember it hurt to put their foot down, and are scared to try. Call me back on Friday if he still isn’t walking and i can refer you to an orthopedist ” I still wasn’t convinced something wasn’t wrong.
He wasn’t acting like he was in pain, but he wouldn’t even try to walk. We tried every bribe; treats, toys, special trips, sleeping in the big bed, staying up late..you name it, we tried it…..even that didn’t work.
I try to continue the week as normal, hoping he’ll start to walk. (story continues after the lessons)
F is for Friends
This little lesson i didn’t take any pictures. J doesn’t have much interaction with kids his age, besides with his cousin. They do not mesh well. They both push each others buttons and fight constantly. If thats normal for 2 year olds, im not sure. When J is around new kids, he shares and is nice so i guess its just a family thing.
I sat on the floor with him and asked him if he knew how to be a good friend. He said “yeah” (as he does to almost all questions..hahaha). He said ” be nice”
“Thats right!” i exclaimed. See, he does know! I told him in order to be nice, he had to share and take turns. Instead of pushing or hitting if someone has a toy that you want, ask them nicely ” can i please have that back”. ” They won’t always say yes, but if you wait patiently it will be your turn” He seemed to grasp the concept and we practiced a few times with some of his toys.
He lost interest because of his leg, so i just let him do whatever made him feel better
F is for Food
J has been asking a lot for treats lately. I’ve been giving him fruit snacks when he goes poo on the potty and when we go to the grocery store. I decided i wanted to explain to him healthy vs unhealthy, and what would make his body grow
I cut out some various fruits, veggies, meat and snacks. I wanted to see what is the first thing he’d go for, so i let him go at it before explaining anything
Of course he went straight for the cookies, but he always chose apples and peas.
I then explained to him which foods were healthy and which foods were unhealthy and why. I had him fill plates accordingly
He did pretty good!
After this, i decided to have him try his hand at lacing
It did not work out so well, and he refused to let me show him how to do it.
I then tried to teach him a memory match game
as you can see, that turned out well!
I figured his leg was just bothering him, so i didn’t push him. Poor guy
Friday finally comes and i call the pediatrician. She’s shocked to hear he still isn’t walking. She gives me the number for the orthopedist and i call to make an appointment. They cant see me until Tuesday! Im getting very aggravated at this point. Something is really wrong with him, i know in my gut he isn’t faking or milking it. I dont thin 2 year olds are capable of that yet!
Thankfully they realized he was only 2 and squeezed us in for Saturday. That night, J tried to use his leg. I’m a little annoyed, to be honest. We were expecting a big snowstorm (that we’d have to brave to take him to his appt) and here he is trying to use the leg.
He gave up pretty quick and the next day while he was brushing his teeth, he stood on his stool with pressure on both feet! Grrr….we take him anyways
Thank goodness we did! The orthopedist knew just from touching his shin (which the other dr’s touched his shins too, by the way) that it was broken. He took some xrays and there it was on his tibia. A green stick fracture or a toddler fracture. My poor baby had to have a cast on for 3 weeks! The Dr’s guess was that he was going too fast down the slide and tried to stop himself and ended bending his leg the wrong way…ouch!
He was a good sport about the whole thing and hasn’t complained once about his cast. I’m just glad i wasn’t crazy and that i was persistent. As a mother you just KNOW when something is really wrong. Trust your instincts! We went home and gave him one of his Christmas presents early. I know, we’re suckers 🙂
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